The story of painting
Edition: Enhanced & expanded.
Publisher: DK
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 736
ISBN-13: 9780751311891
Subjects: Painting; History; Appreciation; European Painting; Peinture; Histoire; Appréciation; Peinture européenne
Description: Containing over 400 masterpieces of Western painting from the very beginnings of art to the present day, Sister Wendy Beckett includes nearly 200 close-ups to allow the reader to share her passion for, and knowledge of, painting.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: painting before Giotto; title: Gothic painting; title: The Italian Renaissance; title: The Northern Renaissance; title: Baroque and Rococo; title: Neoclassicism and Romanticism; title: The Age of Impressionism; title: Post-Impressionism; title: The 20th Century.